European Affairs

Special Assistant to
the President and Senior Director

The Office advises and assists the President and the National
Security Advisor on all aspects of U.S. foreign policy toward
countries of Western and Central Europe, the Baltics, Canada,
NATO, OSCE, the EU, and other European regional organizations.

Among the issues that the office provides advice and assistance
to the President on are: the evolution of transatlantic relations;
the enlargement and development of NATO; closer political, security
and economic cooperation between the United States and the European
Union; integration of Central and eastern European countries,
including the Baltics, into European and Transatlantic structures
and organizations; supporting the peace process in Northern Ireland;
supporting the Northern European Initiative and other efforts to
anchor the Baltic states and their neighbors in European and
transatlantic organizations; promoting a negotiated settlement
on Cyprus and strengthening relations between Greece and Turkey;
promoting, through governmental and nongovernmental initiatives,
tolerance and pluralism in government, and recognition of human
rights in Europe and, with European allies, through out the world;
and the conducting of bilateral relations with the close friends
and allies of the United States in Europe.